The future of recovery - Integrated, digitalised and in real-time

Publication date: Available online 10 April 2018Source: Best Practice & Research Clinical AnaesthesiologyAuthor(s): Bowyer Andrea, Royse ColinAbstractTraditional perioperative risk prediction recovery identifies patient populations at risk of suboptimal recovery but not individual patients in whom this actually occurs and in whom timely intervention would be beneficial. Patient focused recovery emphasises a return to a semblance of normality and an ability to perform activities previously undertaken. A patient’s sense of self-efficacy and engagement in their own care positively influences functional improvement and emotive recovery.The future of recovery assessment is that which is individualised, digitalised, integrated and in real time. Real-time (RTR) recovery assessment is the contemporaneous collection, analysis and reporting of data that enables the identification of suboptimal recovery in individual patients in a timeframe that minimises the delay in implementation of targeted treatment.There is a need to validate the clinical utility of existing biometric technology, wireless hybrid devices and digitalised platforms in providing both clinician and patient with real-time recovery data and to determine the effect, if any, that real time recovery has on patient engagement and outcome.

Source: Best Practice and Research Clinical Anaesthesiology - July 10, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research